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Maps

Beloit Township plat maps from 1858 to 2023, each whole and as a detail of Sections 11 and 12. A Yost owns the land on every map from 1858 to 1940.
Map of the North Western Territories of the United States, shewing the track pursued by the Expedition under Gov. Cass in 1820, by Henry R. Schoolcraft (inset: Upper Red Cedar, or Cassina Lake)
Map of the North Western Territories of the United States, shewing the track pursued by the Expedition under Gov. Cass in 1820, by Henry R. Schoolcraft (inset: Upper Red Cedar, or Cassina Lake)Schoolcraft, Henry R. Narrative Journal of Travels through the Northwestern Regions of the United States, Extending from Detroit through the Great Chain of American Lakes, to the Sources of the Mississippi River, Performed as a Member of the Expedition under Governor Cass, in the Year 1820. Albany: E. & E. Hosford, 1821. Library of Congress copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/narrativejournal01scho.
Early hand-drawn map of Rock County, Wisconsin (claim era)
Early hand-drawn map of Rock County, Wisconsin (claim era)Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. archive.org/details/cu31924028871585. Hand-drawn map, front matter (scan p. 12).
Early hand-drawn map of Rock County, Wisconsin (claim era)
Early hand-drawn map of Rock County, Wisconsin (claim era)Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. archive.org/details/cu31924028871585. Hand-drawn map, front matter (scan p. 13).
A Map of Beloit
A Map of BeloitBrown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. Vol. 1, book p. 152 (scan p. 168). archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow.
Map of Beloit Township, T. 1 N., R. 12 E. (atlas p. 42)
1858Map of Beloit Township, T. 1 N., R. 12 E. (atlas p. 42)Map of Beloit Township, T. 1 N., R. 12 E. Plat book of 1858, p. 42 (publisher not on the photograph). Photograph of the printed page.
Plat of Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 12)
1891Plat of Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 12)Plat Book of Rock County, Wisconsin. C. M. Foote & Co., 1891, p. 12. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DRDVGNJD3D4W68G.
Plat of Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 43)
1904Plat of Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 43)Plat Book of Rock County, Wisconsin. Hennessey & Company, 1904, p. 43. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/YR7VS5W7NAK2P8H.
Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (atlas p. 43)
1917Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (atlas p. 43)Standard Atlas of Rock County, Wisconsin. 1917, p. 43. Single page; publisher not on the page.
Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 43)
1940Beloit, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 43)Rock County Plat Book. Hennessey Atlas Company, published by P. C. Hennessey and George A. Cronin, East Troy, Wis., c1940, p. 43. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HNOHADNUERSYI8V.
Beloit Township, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 7)
1959Beloit Township, Township 1 North, Range 12 East (plat book p. 7)Official County Plat Book and Farmers' Directory of Rock County, Wisconsin. 1959, p. 7. Valentine Snippets of Salem, no. 833, from the Fred Wesley Brown collection, Salem Community Library.
Property Division Map, Town of Beloit, T. 1 N., R. 12 E., Section 11
2023Property Division Map, Town of Beloit, T. 1 N., R. 12 E., Section 11Rock County Real Property Description Department. Property Division Map, Town of Beloit, T. 1 N.-R. 12 E., Section 11. Rock County Geographic Information System, 1 Jan. 2023.